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Gold-Bottom Bay made entirely on an iPad

Hi everyone

Here is a map of Gold-Bottom Bay that I used for my homebrew pbp campaign over on paizo.com. Gold-Bottom Bay is. A pirate port town that the PCs begin the campaign from.

I had never made a map before (this is my first), so this was a great learning experience for me. I also am one of the few people who own an iPad, but not a personal home computer. This map was made entirely on my iPad using sketchbook pro. I just wanted to throw this out there because I feel like tablet gaming needs more love than it is currently getting. I also wanted to see if there were any other cartographers out there using the iPad as a medium, and what kind of results they had achieved.

Also, any constructive criticism on my map making skills would be very appreciated